"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>I tried making some tonight because I was told it was a good thing to eat
>for protein when you have gout. It didn't go over some well. Granted I
>didn't have some of the ingredients that the recipe called for. Namely
>Tamari and fresh ginger. The only other ingredient was a lot of fresh
>garlic which I did have. I used the regular soy sauce that I did have and
>a little powdered ginger. I also added some green onions because some of
>the reviewers for the recipe said that it didn't have a lot of flavor.
>You're supposed to cut it (extra firm tofu) in cubes, marinate it in the
>other ingredients then fry it for 20 minutes in a little oil.

Try freezing it, draining it, pressing it, then dry-frying the tofu before
using it in a recipe. It does wonders for the texture. and it soaks up a lot
more flavor.